BRAZIL, Costa do Sauipe : Fifa president Joseph Blatter gestures during a press conference in Costa do Sauipe, state of Bahia, Brazil on December 3, 2013. The 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil final draw will take place December 6. AFP PHOTO
Jordanian Prince Ali bin al Hussein will stand in new elections for the presidency of world football’s governing body after Sepp Blatter announced he was to quit FIFA, a senior Jordanian football official told AFP.
Prince Ali failed in his bid last week to oust Blatter, the Swiss veteran winning a fifth term in Friday’s vote, but then announcing Tuesday that he was to step down amid a growing corruption scandal.
“As for new elections, Prince Ali is ready,” Sala Sabra, vice-president of the Jordanian football federation which the prince heads up, told AFP.
The prince, Sabra added, was also ready “to take up the presidency immediately if they ask him”.
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